Media Release 13 December 2024

A very merry Morwell

Thousands of residents turned out to attend Advance Morwell’s inaugural Merry Morwell Festival, held at the Morwell Town Common on Thursday evening.

Advance Morwell Chair Graeme Sennett said “Advance Morwell has been blown away by the tremendous community response to the Merry Morwell Festival, the weather was perfect, atmosphere was great and the feedback from everybody has been fantastic”.

The event included St Vincent’s Primary School students and local choirs performing, arts and crafts market stalls, face painting, food trucks and BBQ’s, in addition to around 100 classic cars on display.

A highlight of the evening was St Vincent’s students enthusiastically performing on stage, which was shortly followed by Santa’s arrival on the Morwell CFA fire truck. 

According to Mr Sennett, it was the best community event Morwell has seen in many a year with larger than expected crowds coming out to enjoy the fine weather and share in the spirit of the season.

Numerous food trucks sold out and many of the stalls reported excellent trade.

Mr Sennett said “Seeing our voluntary committee deliver such a successful and well received event for the Morwell community is so rewarding.  We need to give a huge thanks to thanks to David McInnes, Alfi Prestipino, Tony Salvatore, Zane Corbett and Graham Lougheed, who played key roles in staging the event.”

“While it’s fantastic to be able to work with such great people who give so much back to their local community, we could not have delivered this without great support from Latrobe City and our many sponsors, performers, stall holders and vendors, whose contribution we value so highly.” He added.

Advance Morwell received many positive comments from community members during the event, with a consistent theme being a desire to see more similar events held in Morwell.

He said “It is wonderful to get such great feedback, not just about the event, but hearing people say they loved Morwell and having the opportunity to come together as a community”.

According to Mr Sennett, events such as this make a huge contribution to social connectivity and play a critical role in energising and building a sense of Community.

With the success of this year’s event, Advance Morwell intends to hold a similar event next year and will be working with Latrobe City to organise smaller community events in the Morwell CBD.

Further Information

For further information contact Graeme Sennett, T: 0417 509 149